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News Release from: Foster Wheeler
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Team on 15 May 2006
Alexander comes onboard
The Board of Directors of Foster Wheeler has elected Ralph Alexander to fill an existing vacancy on the board.
The Board of Directors of Foster Wheeler has elected Ralph Alexander to fill an existing vacancy on the board "We are delighted to welcome Ralph to our board at this exciting time for Foster Wheeler", said Raymond J Milchovich, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 2 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Ralph has a highly impressive curriculum vitae, with over 25 years' in-depth experience and proven success in four of our key markets: upstream oil and gas, LNG, petrochemicals and oil refining, and in all of our target geographic markets".
"We are already well-positioned to deliver a strong performance in 2006, with our company's significantly improved capital structure, strong backlog, and the majority of our markets either in, or entering an investment phase, and I believe that Ralph will add significant value as we implement our growth strategy".
Alexander was most recently Chief Executive Officer of BP's olefins and derivatives subsidiary, Innovene.
While in that role, Alexander led the establishment of Innovene as a stand-alone company and its subsequent successful sale in 2005 to the Ineos Group for $9 billion.
Prior to leading Innovene, Alexander was CEO of BP's Gas, Power and Renewables segment.
Alexander joined BP in 1982 and held various assignments in the upstream, downstream, and finance groups at BP, including Vice President, Gulf of Mexico; Head of Upstream Mergers and Acquisitions, Head of Group Strategy/Group Controller, CEO of Air BP, Group Vice President, Downstream, responsible for new markets development; and group vice president, upstream.
Alexander worked at Sohio and Exxon before joining BP.
Alexander hold bachelor's and master's degrees in nuclear engineering and a master's degree in management.
He also spent a year at Stanford University as a Sloan Fellow.
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